Shears and wire-cutter.



P. BROADBOOKS.

SHEARS AND WIRE CUTTER.

APPLICATION FILEDMAR. 2a. 1911.

1,262,303., Patented Apr. 9,1918.

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SEES AN D WIRE-CUTTER.

following is a full, clear, and exact description thereof, reference being had to the accompanying drawings, which form part of this specification.

This invention is a combined hand shears,

or :tinners 'snips, and wire cutters, in which minimum weight with maximum power are realized.

A One object of the invention is to provide such shears with tripods or supports on both sides which will enable the shears when laid "down to be more readily picked up. An-

is to provide the shears with *in'eans by-which wires and the like can be I {rap-idly out. Another object is to provide Y 1 one'ot the hand rings of such shears with a lug which will enable the shears to be used if desired as a bench shears without adding any extra expense to their manufacture.

I will explain the invention as illustrated in the accompanying drawings. and set forth in the claim the features and combinations of parts for which protection is desired,

In said drawings:

Figure 1 is a plan view of the shears and wire cutters. I

Fig. 2 is an edge view of the same partly broken away.

Fig. 3 is an enlarged detail transverse tion on line 33, Fig. 1. 'The shears comprise a main cutting jaw 1 and a minor cutting jaw'2. The jaw .1 is

pivotally connected to jaw 2 by a bolt orrivet 3 which may be secured by a not 3*.

J aw 1 has a shank 1 extending'in rear of pivot 3.

The minor jaw 2 is preferably rigidly connected with a main lever 4 which extends in rear of the pivot 3, and forms one of the handle levers of the shears, and is provided at its outer end withthe usual hand rin *4.

This jaw 2 is provided in rear of the pivot 3, with a'circula'rly recessed complemental pivotal connection or bearing 2 to which is tted the complementally formed end-5of a lever 5, pivoted thereto by a pivot bolt 6,

. and lever 5 is provided on its outer end with a hand ring 5 by which it may be manipulated. f

Specification of Letters Patent.

Patented Apr. 9, 1918.

Application fll ed March as, 1917. serial no. 157,975.

I provide one of the hand rings, preferably ring 5*, with an integral lug 5" so that the hand shears may also be converted to a very useful" and convenient bench shears.

The jaw 2 and lever 5 lie in'the same plane, and the extension or shank 1 of the jaw 1 lies close against lever 5, said shank pro ecting rearwardly from the pivot 3' and in rear of the pivot 6; and to the end of shank 1 is attached a bolt 7 which extends through a slot 5 in the lever 5 and may be secured by a nut 7* as shown. The construc tion is such that lever 5 acting-on the rearward extension or shank of the jaw 1, exerts a compound leverage upon jaw 1, thereby insuring apowerful shearing action by the A standard 8 is attached to the lever 4;,

and the heads 3 7 of pivot bolts or pins 3 and 7 project at the same side of the shears as the body of the standard. The standard 3 I 8 and the projecting heads 3, 7 of the bolts 3 and 7 form a tripod upon which the shears may be supported, as shown in Fig. 2, so.

that when the shears are lying upon a flat surface they can be more readily picked up by an operator.

it have also extended the threaded end of I the standard 8 as shown at 8 Fig. 2 and the ends of the bolts 3 and 7 as shown at 3, 7, Fig. 2, so that together they form a tripod at the opposite side of the shears, and will support the same, if laid with the'side down,

other handle lever 5 is pivoted to the integral lever andjaw, and also is pivotally connected, with.the shank of the opposite jaw l by the sliding bolt 7 and the two jaws are held incontact bythe pivot or fulcrum bolt 3. a In the rear side of the complemental part '2 of jaw 2 is an open notch 2'; and in the rear side of the complemental part 5 of lever 5 is a similar notch 5'; these notches register when the jaws are opened, and the sides of said notches form cutters for wire,

etc. i

It will be noted, that in this specifically constructed hand shears, I provide the aetu-' v ating lever 5 with an oblong perforation or slot 5 required for the short give andtake movement of the sliding bolt 7. The. shank jaw will thus obviate frictional wear.

The hand levers are provided with hand rings as the shears is expressly constructed for hand use, and on account of its small size and light Weight is most convenient and practical.

The lug 5 on ring 5 is a very convenient addition as it enables the hand shears to be also used like an ordinary bench shears. lit is obvious that such ,lug could be engaged the shears in an upright position.

The wire cutter notches and the tripod supports for the shears are valuable practical improvements in myshears. The open notches 2', 5 enable wire to be readily en- 7 gaged therewith, and wires can be cut of any desired length without the necessity of draw ing the wire endwis'e through the notches.

messes What I claim is:

A shear comprising-a .pair of jaws; a

of the jaw pivot and provided with a hand I ring on its outer end; the other jaw having a shank extending in rear of said pivot; an actuating lever for the latter jaw provided with a hand ring and pivotally connected to the main lever in rear of the jaw pivot a slidablegpivotal bolt connecting the said shank to the actuating lever in rear of the pivotal connection of said lever to the main lever,

j said bolt projecting on both sides of the dewith a plate or a socket on a bench to hold I vice to form a second set of supporting members; and a supporting member rigidly connected to the main lever in rear of the slidable bolt and projecting on both sides of the device to form a third set of supporting members.

Tn testimony that T claim the foregoing as my own, ll aflix my signature.

PETER BROADBOUKS. 

